After Christmas Mega Book Giveaway!

Hello, readers! Welcome to the 2016 After Christmas Writing
in the Modern Age Mega Book Giveaway! It’s a pleasure to have you all here! :)

Now, you may ask yourselves why I’d host a giveaway
right after the Christmas season and before Valentine’s Day. Well, because
mostly around the holidays, we’re in a ‘giving’ sort of mindset. Then there’s
the whole rush of celebrations, with Christmas and then New Year’s! So I
figured this was the perfect way to reward you for all your hard work and
generosity in 2015. And who doesn’t like a free book?

Well, look no further! Writing in the Modern Age
hosts any genre of book, so you’re bound to find something you like! And before
I get into the contestant rules, allow me to give a huge thanks to all the participating
authors in this event! Thank you not only for your awesome donations, but also for
your hard work in creating these works of art. Take it from me, readers. It
really is an accomplishment to write and publish a book.

Readers, with 62 participating authors, more than 100 titles
and over 215 chances to win, I have no doubt you’ll find something that suits
you. It’s very exciting! From modern to historical,
mystery/crime/suspense/thriller to romance, inspirational tales to memoirs,
fantasy and horror, all the way to science fiction and paranormal books, you’re
sure to see a title, or several, that appeals to you. Now, onto the rules for
the event.

Pay
special attention here!

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE
follow the rules for the giveaway carefully. Why? Because we want you to get
your free books! That being said, we MUST have a contact email
where we can reach you. This gives us a method of sending your prize. When you
comment on the post below, it may ask for an email, but please, PLEASE also
include it in the comment box or I won’t be able to find your info to send your
free book or swag. Take it from me; it is extremely difficult to track people
down all over social media just to get their email address. It’s much easier if
you provide a way to contact you upfront, and you won’t run the risk of losing
your chance at winning! Okay? I understand if you’re hesitant to provide
personal contact information, but we really do need a way to reach you. I never
spam anyone, and if you receive an email from me or one of the participating authors,
it’s because you won a prize! Yay! Having said that, if you are still wary of
leaving the info in a public manner, you can contact me directly at marieannlavender@gmail.com to put in
an entry. Some of the prizes may ask for your Kindle email, and I’m cool with you letting me know that privately.
In any case, a contact email is imperative to you getting your prize!

What are the other rules? Tell us your reading
preferences, of course! Don’t simple say a title you want and then leave. We
want you to have as many chances to win as possible! So, give us a list of genres
you like, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you. By all means, if you have
already read one of the titles listed, feel free to tell us as we don’t want to
give you a duplicate prize. Other than that, just tell us what you like (or don’t
like, if that’s the case). We’ll do our absolute best to work within the genres
you like. And if you’re open to reading a new genre, let us know as well! Past winners
of these Writing in the Modern Age giveaways can tell us that it’s very
possible to have more than one prize! How exciting is that? ;)

Just don’t forget to leave us your reading
preferences, as well as a way to reach you, and then you’re automatically
entered in the contest. Leave a comment on the blog post below to compete. If
for some reason you have trouble commenting, feel free to contact me directly
at marieannlavender@gmail.com
and I’ll get you entered in the prize drawing! The book giveaway runs for a
week.

Below you’ll see each author, title or titles offered, what
format the book or swag is in, how many copies are available, and the genre for
each title. The prizes are in no particular order. So…without further ado, let’s see what our prizes
are, shall we?

Blurb: Signs of Hope: Ways to Survive in an Unfriendly World, is a survival
manual for living in a troubled world. It reaches out to all of those
who seek answers to questions like, why does God allow bad things to
happen, when will I find peace, and what is my purpose in life? This
story of author Doug Bolton's journey from extreme despair to a close
relationship with God will encourage those who experience anxiety, fear,
depression, hopelessness, addiction, self-doubt and failure.Each
chapter begins with grassroots words of wisdom found on bumper stickers
and ends with a personal application that points the reader toward
spiritual and emotional maturity. Often funny or ironic, Bolton's
comparison of real-life challenges with bumper sticker wisdom prompts a
stronger, healthier spiritual outlook on life.

Blurb: Viscount Camden Beckinworth had lived the life of a devil-may-care rake
until his parents' untimely death. He cast aside his personal life,
returned home to save the crumbling family business and decided
to re-enter Society five years later. By then, the pesky little sister
of his two best childhood friends had grown into a lovely woman and he
felt alive again with her innocence and beauty in hand.

After
two disastrous London seasons, Susanna Lorican accepted a marriage
proposal from a neighborhood friend and, while she had adored him since
childhood, she never expected the man of her dreams to reciprocate her
feelings. She planned the perfect Christmas Eve wedding but she didn't
expect a snowstorm to barrel through the English countryside on
the morning of.

Susanna and Camden vowed to let
nothing thwart their long-awaited day even though the storm delayed the
dress and several guests. When the reverend fell from his horse and
injured his head, however, they had little choice but to postpone. To
worsen matters, Susanna's insufferable brother-in-law cornered and then
assaulted her in the library.

Does social peril
and uncontrollable weather keep the lovebirds from the altar or do they
find their happily ever after in the midst of a disastrous wedding day?

Blurb: When it comes to revenge, nothing is sacred, not even Christmas.
DEA field agent Jarrett Brandt returned home on his Harley Davidson
to visit his brother’s grave, not to reconnect with his first true love.
Now widowed with a son, Marissa Reinn Brandt expected nothing from
the one who broke her heart—the twin brother of the man she married—but
when her son offered him a place to stay for Christmas, she agreed for
herson’s benefit. As they
rekindled the flames of love and lust that once bound them together,
an enemy from his past and a trusted mentor from his present threatened
to destroy everything they held dear.

Blurb: Krista Hartley never expected the unrequited love of her life, the
irresistible Derek Weston, to work as the groundskeeper at the apartment
building she just moved into. They barely spoke in high school but now,
three years after graduation, they tore at each other’s clothes and
jumped into bed together at every opportunity. After all, how could a
hot-blooded woman say no to a sexy man with an eyebrow ring, a dragon
tattoo and a deadly swagger?
A Christmas miracle drew Krista back into Derek’s life. He kissed
her for the first time under mistletoe, pampered her with romantic
candlelight dinners and memorized every inch of her delectable body with
his tongue. He refused to let his dream girl slip through his fingers
again but then another woman threatened their whirlwind romance. Hurt
once before, Krista broke off their relationship and then Derek made a
drunken mistake that could destroy their love forever. With just days to
Christmas, he vowed to win back her heart and trust, and prove his
innocence once and for all.
Story 3 in the best-selling series, Handmade for Christmas.

Blurb: Aron McCoy has sworn off women - except for sex. When Libby Fontaine
arrives at Aron's Tebow Ranch, she is determined to cram a lifetime of
living into a few short months. The doctor has told her that she can't
count on her remission from leukemia being a permanent one. Their
attraction to one another is instantaneous and overwhelming. But when
Aron finds out that Libby is innocent, he backs off. He has nothing to
offer a girl who deserves white lace and promises. Then Aron catches
Libby pleasuring herself in his stock tank and hears her cry out his
name - and the heat is on.
*Content Warning: Contains explicit scenes and language. Intended for 18+ Audience

Blurb: Continuing the Hell Yeah! Series with book 2 - Hot on Her Trail

Jacob McCoy wishes for a wife and a family. Tis the Season for
miracles when a young woman shows up on his doorstep: homeless, in
danger and expecting a child - Jacob's child.
Their relationship is complicated by the fact that, A - they've
never met before and B - she's a virgin. Jessie is determined not to be
a burden to the McCoy family. As far as she's concerned, she is just
passing through. Jacob has a different opinion - he wants Jessie in his
life, in his bed and in his heart. A sweet and spicy romance with
another McCoy brother!

Blurb: Christmas was almost here.
Caryn O’Brien and Johnson Angel lost the music in their lives when
circumstances tore them away from each other. Together, they were a
talented team, but separate, all they had were empty spaces in their
souls. It didn’t help that the gulf between them was being forced open
even wider by the bigotry and anger that surrounded them.
They had no way of knowing that those very things, which drove them apart, would also bring them together.

Blurb: Riona’s life of self-doubt stranded her in an abusive marriage with four
small children to raise. Her children and a successful career in the
Air Force made her life bearable. She needed out—and Fate handed her a
way.
Once, when she was younger, there was a man she thought good until
he stood her up. She had no way of knowing that he had endured a bad
marriage and a bitter divorce, leaving a teenage daughter in the
middle. He had never forgotten Riona.
Both their hearts were hurting. Fate would help them heal.

Blurb: The past changed the future …
. . . the future must salvage the past.
Falsely accused of murdering his father, DJ faces a terrible
penalty. That’s the least of his worries—Uncle Toby and his army of
Rogues are bent on tearing history apart, and DJ and his allies have to
stop them any way they can. But only a True Neutral can save their
world, and The First, his family’s ancestor, is long dead. His brother
Matt was killed by Toby’s actions, and his sister Elisa is fighting her
own demons.
The past created by their uncle needs to be uncreated into what it
was meant to be. And these three teenagers, triplets and direct
descendants of The First, must learn to ally with each other to correct
the errors made real in the past.
And the Gateways reveal themselves as something no one ever suspected….

Blurb: When Vanessa decides to do something, she forges full steam ahead in
accomplishing her goals. She's an independent woman and knows what she
wants. When her best friend Gabby introduces her to the ever-handsome
realtor, Jason, Vanessa begins to let her guard down. Will Vanessa be
able to stay focused and find the perfect property for her pet rescue
center, or will Jason have other plans for her? This sweet novella shows
the wonderful journey of friends as they embark on a wonderful business
adventure. Full of twists and turns, The Pet Palace will have you
smiling to the very end.

Blurb: Libby and Luke were the perfect couple. They had the prestigious condo
overlooking the bay in one of the most exciting cities in the world, had
financial success, and they had a love that was one of a kind. Libby’s
world is suddenly turned upside down, and she is faced with many
decisions. Drawn to two different men, Libby is tormented by the past
and confused by the present. What will she do? The Salty Dog is a
romantic tale of love and loss, and the essence of empowerment.

Emma Sanders:
She’s a damsel in distress—a 20th century miss dragged back to the
18th with no way home and no idea how she got there in the first place.
Connor MacAllister Kane:
He’s the reason she’s in distress--a British highwayman, and a minor
noble with not much more to his name than a title and a Robin Hood-like
charm who robs the wrong coach.
Now, Captain Nelson Rawlins of His Majesty’s Royal Dragoons, a
former childhood friend of Connor’s who sacrificed friendship for duty,
is on the hunt for the Highwayman and traitors to the crown. The longer
Emma stays in Connor’s time, the more she’s drawn to him and drawn into
his troubles. She and Connor find themselves struggling to stay one step
ahead of the Captain and his corrupt Commander, and keep Connor and his
roguish cousins from the hangman’s noose. As the Commander’s grip on the
countryside tightens, the people need Connor even more, but Rawlins is
hot on his trail and there’s a traitor in their midst. Can Emma use her
twentieth century wits to keep both Connor and her heart safe?

Blurb: Free will is ever our blessing and our curse . . .
Rue has stood over human souls in judgment as a guard at Hell’s Gate
for millennia. He has seen the worst humanity has to offer. In response
to his harshness, Heaven’s Princes have sentenced him to life among
humanity until he regains his compassion. He finds not only compassion,
but love. Now he must choose: his new-found life with humans or return
and share his compassion with his brother judges.
He has been dropped feet first into a game between the powers of
hell and the might of heaven. He’s a pawn who must choose—temptation or
righteousness, mortal love or immortal indulgence? A war is about to
begin with earth as the battle ground and the souls of humanity as the
counters. Rue is the first of heaven’s chosen soldiers, if only he
chooses the right path.

Blurb: The secret government agency which Catherine Carnegie was enticed to
join gave her the hardest assignment of her life in Bali, Indonesia.
Once alluring, she now found the glamour and danger not worth the
required sacrifice. Catherine Carnegie had it all. Born into a
prestigious family, any university in the land would receive her due to
the generous endowments of her family. Yet her dream was different.
After reading Margaret Mitchell’s masterpiece, she dreamed of the south.
Her family’s disappointment did not daunt her. She realized her
southern dream in Eufaula, Alabama. Her beautiful home and art gallery
located there provided her with pride, but that was not enough for Cat.
The allure of a secret life involving state dinners with Washington’s
best soon was not enough. The more she experienced danger and thrills,
just like a drug, the more she desired. Yet eventually, regret of her
reckless choices haunted her when given an assignment so sordid and
black that her previous life beckoned, but it was too late. Mrs. Jones
will keep you guessing.

Blurb: When Callie Taylor died, she expected to go to heaven—or maybe hell.
Instead, when she was murdered in Dallas by some jerk with a knife and a
bad-mommy complex, she went to Alabama. Now she’s seen another murder,
and she can’t just let it go; she must find a way to make sure the
police figure out who really killed Molly McClatchy before an innocent
man goes to prison, all the while trying to determine how and why she
woke up dead in Alabama.

When
her mother remarried and moved them to a town where a date meant
hanging out at the Sonic, Laney figured that "boring" would have a whole
new meaning. A new stepsister who despised her and a high school where
she was the only topic of gossip were bad enough. But when she met the
school counselor (and his terminal bad breath), she grew suspicious.
Especially since he had wings that only she could see. And then there
were Josh and Mason, two gorgeous glimmering-eyed classmates whose
interest in her might not be for the reasons she hoped. Not to mention
that dead guy she nearly tripped over in gym class.

Boring takes on an entirely new dimension in Fairy, Texas.

If she's going to survive in this small town, she'll have to learn to wing it.

Blurb: Second Chance Cinderella is story three in the new romance series,
Cinderella Body Club. A timeless Cinderella story reimagined where four
girlfriends make a wish on a magic locket. They all wish they are
beautiful, confident, and able find their Prince Charming.
Raven St. James is a Phlebotomist in a prominent Portland, Oregon
hospital. She is petite, with jet-back hair, green eyes, and extremely
shy. She dreams of being like the nurses on the daytime hospital
shows—perfect. Tall, blond, blue eyed, with big breasts.
Dr. Quinn Taylor admires Raven’s skill, and the caring she shows
with her patients, but can’t get her attention. Until the day she winks
at him.
Raven only has 24 hours in her Cinderella body. What will she do
with it? Will she become the confident, strong, flirty girl she wants to
be? Will she get the guy she’s always wanted? Quinn.

Blurb: Paget Murphy doesn’t expect to find love in Paris for the holidays,
until she bumps into a handsome stranger at the airport. He is
everything she has ever wanted in a man—kind, generous, and he loves art
as much as she does!
Christopher Paris can’t believe his luck when he bumps into a
beautiful stranger. He is a curator at the Louvre and that is where
Paget intends to spend most of her time in Paris. He plans to occupy
every free moment with her—running, eating, and making love.
With a continent separating them, will they find a way to spend the most memorable holiday together—Christmas?

Blurb: Abby Blackwell runs a successful wedding planning business. She’s
delighted when Derrick, her boyfriend of only a few short months,
proposes. Abby immediately accepts and dreams of the perfect wedding at
the Rose Chalet. But, when Derrick with no explanation, pressures her to
get married as soon as possible, she has to wonder why and drags her
feet.
Derrick Coltrane’s future rests on portraying a settled, respectable
and married man. All he needs is a wife—now—and Abby fits the bill.
She’s successful, smart, gorgeous, and would make the perfect corporate
wife. He just needs to convince her to tie-the-knot by the end of the
month to close the most important deal of his career.
Hunter Price knows he’s made the biggest mistake of his life.
Derrick, a friend from school, hires him to pretend he’s getting
married, in an attempt to trick Abby into planning her own whirlwind
wedding. Abby is selfless, sweet, tastes like sunshine, and belongs to
someone else—and he just kissed her.
Two grooms-to-be—one bride-to-be and one bridesmaid. Which couple will walk down the aisle to happily ever after?

Blurb: This is the complete FIRE Trilogy, containing the paranormal romance
novels PLAYING WITH FIRE (Book 1), DANCING WITH FIRE (Book 2) and LIVING
WITH FIRE (Book 3).

Highly recommended for fans of Nora Roberts and Nalini Singh.
Blurb for Book 1:
If you’re playing with fire, prepare to get burned – or to fall in love.
Sparks fly when Felicia and Joshua meet. Discovering her inner fire
and unleashing unimaginable powers makes her realize that all her life,
she has been hiding her true self. When buildings burn and people are in
danger, the tempting game of playing with fire becomes serious.
Will their love and desperate struggle for control save her life, or will the fire magic turn itself against its mistress?
Blurb for Books 2 & 3:
When a fire witch and an ice wizard flee to Iceland to build a new
life, they never expect the one thing that could tear them apart – Kyle,
adding his own magic into the mix. Felicia starts questioning
everything they have. She is torn between the man who loves her but is
her polar opposite, and the man who attracts her but means nothing but
trouble.
As if her confusing emotions weren’t enough, Felicia finds her life
turned upside down when a terrifying natural disaster threatens the end
of the country and the entire world.
Will she be able to control her gift and play the part that is
expected of her? Will she give in to temptation or will she save the
world?

Blurb: Detroit homicide Detective Bonnie Benham has been transferred from
narcotics for using more than arresting and is working the case of a
killer of adolescent girls.
CSI collects DNA evidence from the scene of the latest victim, which
had not been detected on the other victims. But no suspect turns up in
the FBI database. Due to the notoriety of the crimes, a task force is put
together with Bonnie as the lead detective, and she implores the D.A.
to use an as yet unapproved type of DNA Search in an effort to
identify the killer.
Homicide Detective Neil Jensen, with his own history of drug and
alcohol problems, understands Bonnie's frailty and the two detectives
become inseparable as they track this killer of children.

Blurb: Mindi Adams is a feisty fun-loving pretty young woman, who is quick
witted and sharp tongued at times. After catching her boyfriend cheating,
she packs his things and ousts him from her home. She is fine after he
goes, realizing that although the relationship was comfortable, there
were no fireworks. Her entire life changes the night of the storm, when a
prison bus is forced into a swollen creek and overturns, releasing
twelve prisoners. One of them is in Mindi's house! She is terrified at
first, but soon realizes that he is not the monster she believed him to
be. In fact, she believes he is innocent of the murder charge that
convicted him, and she becomes determined to help him prove that
innocence. She helps him devise a plan and in the process falls in love.
Something goes wrong and he is captured and taken into custody. Now Dan
has the proof he needs but it is ignored, until the entire city goes
into an uproar. Eventually the real killer slips up because of the
pressure and duress and Dan is freed. He does not go back for Mindi
right away, because he wants to have something to offer her. She about
gives up hope, but Dan arrives just in time, and they share kisses from
the heart.

Blurb: Growing up in an unstable home, and then being tossed into the home of
her estranged father and his new family, Maddie knows how it feels to be
unwanted. All she longs for is a normal family where there is love,
peace, and harmony. When she finds the twins hiding in her yard, her
heart opens up and love spills all over them. They are running away
because their widowed father is going to marry a woman they hate, and
they claim she hates them, too. Maddie is taken in by the twins, and
soon becomes good friends with their father. She steps in and helps out
when he asks her, and she is glad to do it. When Adam has set a date for
his wedding, he backs away from Maddie, hoping to give his future wife a
chance to bond with his children. It is then that Maddie realizes that
she is in love with Adam, and her heart breaks. Maddie isn't the only
one who is sad. The twins are devastated and resort to drastic measures
to get Maddie back. In spite of their sad little faces, the wedding day
arrives, and it is up to Adam to make it right.

Blurb: This provocative story is about a young man who was initiated into a
clandestine sexual society. He was spirited to the Middle East, from his
UK boarding school. He attended the Bahriji School (Oasis,) in The
United Arab Emirates in preparation for serving in Harems for the
wealthy and elite.
It is also a love story between the young man and his ‘Valet’ who
served as his chaperone and mentor during the boy’s Harem service.
Author’s note:
I had a privileged and unique upbringing in Malaysia. Following in
my brothers' footsteps, I was sent to an exclusive boarding school in
England. It is there that I was inducted into a clandestine
organization, E.R.O.S. The Enlightened Royal Oracle Society. For four
years, unbeknownst to my family, I was willingly and happily part of a
Harem.
My story has been kept under wraps for close to 45 years. The
correct moment has arrived for me to make known my unique education.
There are 7 books to this series.

Blurb: It is painfully difficult to watch loved ones decline as dementia
ravages their mind, destroying memories, rational thinking, and
judgment. In her touching memoir, I Will Never Forget, Elaine Pereira
shares the heartbreaking and humorous story of her mother’s incredible
journey through dementia.
Pereira begins with entertaining glimpses into her own childhood and
feisty teenage years, demonstrating her mother’s strength of character.
Years later, as Betty Ward started to exhibit bizarre behaviors and
paranoia, Pereira was mystified by her mom’s amazing ability to mask the
truth. Not until a revealing incident over an innocuous drapery rod did
Pereira recognize the extent of her mother’s Alzheimer’s. As their
roles shifted and a new paradigm emerged, Pereira transformed into a
caregiver, blindly navigating dementia’s unpredictable haze. But before
Betty’s passing, she orchestrated a stunning rally to control her own
destiny via a masterful, Houdini-like escape.
I Will Never Forget is a powerful heartwarming story that helps others know that they are not alone in their journey.
“Poignant, shocking, and honest … far more than just words on paper.
If you or someone you know is living through the hell of dementia, you
need this book!”
–Ionia Martin, developer of Readful Things Reviews and Alzheimer’s caregiver

Blurb: Unglorious War is a love story that takes place during the Vietnam War
between an ex-POW Special Forces Officer and the Navy Nurse who helps
him. Share their passion, share their love, share their faith journey as
they question their choice to be career military personnel during a
difficult time in American history.

Blurb: Author Marianne Petit mixes true life experiences with fiction to create
a suspenseful tale of intrigue and romance set in the early days of
war-torn France.
In 1940's Paris, both rich and poor are thrust together - a mixed
society struggling to survive. American born Yvette Matikunas, one of
the privileged few, goes underground with a deathbed promise to her
grandfather that has her roaming the streets of France with a dangerous
message. She quickly learns that no one is who they seem to be and
trust is a thing of her past.
Injured in battle while trying to save the life of one of his men,
Colonial André Rinaldo is disillusioned by a shell-shocked country and a
weak government. Persuaded to go underground and unite his fellow
compatriots by forming resistance groups, he meets the beautiful blonde
Yvette whose determination to free France from foreign dictatorship is
as strong as his.
In the middle of espionage and clandestine rendezvous, they form a
partnership that deepens even under the ever-present threat of arrest.
But with America’s interest in the war building in the background all
Americans are finally ordered to leave the country. Will Yvette return
to the States, or will André persuade her to stay and fight for love?

Blurb: When orphaned ex-Navy S.E.A.L. Thomas Scott decides upon a life of
crime, he does not expect to be recruited to join an elite Special
Forces operation charged with stealing an alien artifact. Especially a
mixed-species alien team headed by inter-galactic billionaire Snarth.
The close-knit team soon becomes Tom's family in more senses than one,
which complicates matters when the mysterious artifact turns out to hold
secrets that may plunge the whole of the known universe into a
devastating war...

Blurb: A strong, intelligent eighteen-year old, Ariana is frustrated by her
inability to contribute to her forest band as she is chained to a large,
though friendly, dragon. She suffers an unrequited love for attractive
Alex, an older blacksmith. Having lost her parents in a fire, she feels
she has nothing.She must team up with Alex, who she no longer
trusts, but still has strong feelings for, to save her dragon and to
keep the secret of the Light People from the human race.

Blurb: Aoede the Muse has a bad dream, children go missing, and Aoede has
to explore both overland and underworld where she meets magical
characters including fairies, goblins and dream gods, to get to the
heart of her dream...

Blurb: Before retiring France Hunter decides to go to the place where she found her first new
species of owl: The Amazon. Her group follows a well know angler,
John Sinclair, and his team, along with a reporter who wants to do a
story on Hunter.
Once arriving at the site, Sinclair leaves to go further up the
river. He has a show to record and is hoping to catch an even larger
fish this time.
Hunter, and the group with her, run into a gruesome nightmare with the satellite phone
destroyed and one man fighting for life. Sinclair is not due to pick them up for another week.
Will they survive?

Blurb: A boy’s destiny hangs in the balance…
The King is going slowly mad, bewitched by the dark magic and
seductive powers of the Egyptian Princess. As war breaks out, his
trusted General seeks to raise an army and will find a young shepherd
boy, bound for greatness.
General Martinez grows tired of the fighting and craves retirement
until he meets the Priestess and the strange little Holy man who share a
prophecy that cannot be ignored.
The General must now choose between the life of a young boy and his
lifelong friend and King. Death is inevitable and when it comes, pain
will follow…..
Behind the scenes:
A controversial twist on the Old Testament story of King David. Where dark magic, prophecy and religious turmoil reign.

Blurb: Sometimes sacrifices have to made....
Rumours of the new King, his young wife and her unborn child have
reached Martinez and the former general has been summoned from
retirement. The prophet claims the King must seek out the Ark of the
Covenant of God and insists Martinez should join him in the quest.
Martinez has reservations and a foreboding feeling, yet he will put
aside his personal aspirations, leave his beloved quiet farm life and
return to the Capital with a heart burdened with responsibility.
Old enemies will conspire, as the Universe will reunite old friends
to save the life of a loved one, to seek out the Ark and to fight to
restore balance once more....

Blurb: Escaping Psychiatry is a collection of three stories in the
psychological thriller genre with the same protagonist, Mary, a
psychiatrist and writer. She is trying to develop her literary career,
but circumstances and friends conspire to keep dragging her back to
psychiatry.
In ‘Cannon Fodder’, Mary has to assess Cain, an African-American man
accused of inciting a religious riot when he claimed that he could hear
God and God was black. He might not be mad, but Mary is sure he’s hiding
something.
‘Teamwork’ sees Mary hoodwinked into offering therapy to Justin, a
policeman feeling guilty after his partner and ersatz father was killed
on-duty. Before Mary can extricate herself from the case, things get
personal.
In ‘Memory’, Mary goes missing after an incident with Phil, who is
manic as he hasn’t been taking his medication. When she is found, she
has been the victim of a horrific crime, but they soon discover she was
luckier than they had realized.
The epilogue revisits Mary at the point of the trial of her abductor
and sees what changes have taken place in her life. Will she finally
manage to Escape Psychiatry?

Blurb: The Angelic Business trilogy tells the story of Pink, a 17 year old girl
whose ordinary life gets suddenly invaded by demons and angels telling
her she is ‘the elected’ and has the future of humanity, and of Heaven
and Hell, in her hands. Or perhaps she isn’t. It depends on whom she
believes. Weird things start happening all around her, and her friends
and family become possible victims of these paranormal beings. Is Pink
the true ‘elected’? And if she is, what will she do about it?
Angelic Business. The Full Trilogy, collects the three novels in the
Angelic Business YA series, and follows the story of Pink, who is the
‘elected’ to sort out the differences between Heaven and Hell. In
Angelic Business 1. Pink Matters, we meet Pink, a 17-year-old girl, good
student, articulate and smart. But she has never been the center of
attention or reached the top ten list of the most popular and attractive
girls at school. When two guys, G and Azrael, suddenly appear, claim to
be angels, insist that she is, indeed, ‘special’, fight for her
attention and help, and tell her she is the key to the future of the
universe, she is quite cynical. But these guys can ‘do’ pretty amazing
things, even miracles, so she has to do some thinking. In Angelic
Business 2. Shapes of Greg, Pink discovers that demons come in all
shapes and sizes, that some celestial and demonical beings can be very
stubborn, and manages to save one of her closest friends, Sylvia, from a
very dangerous situation, with a little help, both human and
otherworldly. But she knows she has to be careful because Hell doesn’t
lose gracefully and demons make no favors. Everything comes with a
price tag. Angelic Business 3. Pink, Angel or Demon?, gets angels and
demons really close to Pink’s home. She knows she has to make a decision
before somebody decides for her. She does her best to ensure that all
her friends and family will be happy, and prepares for the final battle,
with some plotting and conspiring in between and even a bit of romance
thrown in for good measure.
The battle between Heaven and Hell will be fought by Pink, a 17
year old girl, who refuses to believe in angels and demons. But if they
dare to threaten her friends and family, they’ll really have a fight on
their hands.

Blurb: Dulce, Adelfa and Storm, the protagonists of I Love Your Cupcakes, are
business partners, friends and share some “interesting” family
connections. All the men Dulce meets only want to talk about her cakes
and she’s tired of it. Her friend Adelfa, although she’s a Chemistry
Professor, can’t manage to find the recipe for the perfect relationship.
And Storm, the third of the partners of their bakery/coffee
shop/bookshop/art gallery and ex-fire station, is an artist who is not a
master in the art of love. How could they imagine that at the studio of
the contest “Do You Have What it Takes to Be the Next Baking Star?”
they’d find sexual harassment, cheats, fights and also love? Recipes
included (only for cakes, not love!).

Blurb: Herschel Kohler harbors a terrible secret...and simmering resentment.
Although he hides the knowledge from his wife, Trudy, she senses the
darkness within her vampire husband. Hundreds of miles away, Stefan
Slater receives cryptic notes in the mail. His brother Ambrose's
daughter experiences strange dreams and ghostly visits. Can a
six-year-old girl, two brothers, and a group of friends solve a tragic
mystery dating back twenty-five years? Will Stefan and Ambrose find
closure? Or will the shocking truth shatter the Slater family?

Blurb: She doesn't know who she is or why she's come to Colorado Springs.
Dustin has no idea why he's met her. Kayla whispers that her name is
Ruby--if he can believe the voice of a spirit in the night. Separate
tragedies, years apart, form an invisible bond between Ruby and him. A
chance encounter over the Holidays? Or a match made in Heaven? Only
Kayla knows for sure...

Blurb: The first collection of short fiction from Dan Buri, Pieces Like Pottery
is an exploration of heartbreak and redemption that announces the
arrival of a new American author. In this distinct selection of stories
marked by struggle and compassion, Pieces Like Pottery is a powerful
examination of the sorrows of life, the strength of character, the
steadfast of courage, and the resiliency of love requisite to find
redemption.
Filled with graceful insight into the human condition, each linked
story presents a tale of loss and love mirroring themes from each of the
five Sorrowful Mysteries. In 'Expect Dragons', James Hinri learns that
his old high school teacher is dying. Wanting to tell Mr. Smith one last
time how much his teaching impacted him, James drives across the
country revisiting past encounters with his father's rejection and the
pain of his youth. Disillusioned and losing hope, little did James know
that Mr. Smith had one final lesson for him.
In 'The Gravesite', Lisa and Mike's marriage hangs in the balance
after the disappearance of their only son while backpacking in Thailand.
Mike thinks the authorities are right—that Chris fell to his death in a
hiking accident—but Lisa has her doubts. Her son was too strong to die
this young, and no one can explain to her why new posts continue to
appear on her son's blog.
'Twenty-Two' looks in on the lives of a dock worker suffering from the
guilt of a life not lived and a bartender making the best of each day,
even though he can see clearly how his life should have been different.
The two find their worlds collide when a past tragedy shockingly
connects them.
A collection of nine stories, each exquisitely written and charged
with merciful insight into the trials of life, Pieces Like Pottery
reminds us of the sorrows we all encounter in life and the kindness we
receive, oftentimes from the unlikeliest of places.

Blurb: Book 1 in the Primitive Series - A READER'S CROWN FINALIST
PRIMITIVE FIX – Meet two brothers, tiger shifters, and the women who bring out the beast in them.
Part 1 - Kenyon
Sage Villalobos has been destined to marry Kenyon Maddux since the
day she was born. As the second-born in her wolf clan, she came into
this world owing a debt to the family of shape-shifting tigers who rule
the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya Basin. Kenyon is the only man
she’s ever wanted, the man who sets her blood on fire, but she’s tired
of being indebted to his family for something she didn’t do. She wants
him to choose her because he loves her, not because he owns her. When
Kenyon’s brother, Nik, is taken prisoner, Kenyon turns to Sage for help.
Using her unique skills, she knows she can help him free his brother,
but there will be a price. If she agrees to do this, she wants Kenyon to
release her from her debt. However, the only thing Kenyon wants to do
is hold on to her and never let her go.
Part 2 - Nik
After months of captivity as part of a roadside attraction, Nik
Maddux is finally able to escape. Injured and at death’s door, he makes
his way through the swamp only to collapse near Juliette’s home.
Juliette pulls the naked man into her cabin and begins nursing him back
to health, marveling at the black stripes which cover his body and the
feline features of his face. She knows he’s not quite human and realizes
she may have found a kindred spirit, someone whose secrets are as
deadly as her own. When Nik awakes, his attraction to Juliette is
instant. While she heals his body, he wants to heal her soul. But danger
is lurking in the swamp, and the longer they stay together, the more
likely they are to lose everything.
**Content Warning: May contain graphic content and sexual situations. Intended for 18+ Audience

Blurb: Jeremy always said Space Academy was Earth’s last hope. People only
dream of leaving a dying planet in search of better lives. Avery never
expected he would be forced to do just that.
On the heels of his brother's murder, his father's disappearance and
Earth's dwindling water supply now contaminated with a deadly virus,
Avery and his younger brother have no choice but to leave Earth behind
and join the survivors migrating to the nearest habitable planet.
What they don't know is that the rarity of water extends far beyond Earth and they aren't the only ones fighting for survival.

Blurb: A girl, a prophecy and two warring gods equals destiny!
Seventeen-year-old Hope Fairmont longs for a normal teenage life,
but with a gift like hers, normal equals healing illnesses and injuries
instantly. Keeping a secret like that isn’t easy, but a small town is
the perfect place for her to heal those who can’t heal themselves, and
an even better place for her father, James Fairmont, to hide his
daughter from the rest of the world.
Life takes an unexpected turn when two handsome strangers move into
town and begin unearthing other secrets concerning Hope's future and
past, revealing to Hope that her gift for healing may be the fulfillment
of an ancient, Japanese prophecy gone wrong.
Staying away from these mysterious newcomers would be the smart
thing to do, but Victor's gentle, easy manner, and Tie's mixed signals
and strange mood swings draw her hopelessly closer to revealing the
secret she and her father have been so desperate to hide.
Hope's life is complicated further with visions of a previous life
and the arrival of an unknown enemy sent to assassinate her before she
learns what she is truly capable of.
With the support of her father, the fiery loyalty of her best friend
Angie, and the child-like love of Kirby, a ten-year-old patient, Hope
must fight against the forces of a relentless demon god while unwinding
the tangled pieces of her past, proving to herself and those she loves
that destiny isn’t determined by some cosmic reading of the stars, but
by the individual choices one makes.
Embark upon a journey of heart-stopping adventure in this
contemporary young adult paranormal romance filled with mythological
creatures, Japanese gods, divine healing powers and a romantic love
triangle. A romantic story of love, loss and second chances, this clean
teen paranormal romance infuses traditional mythology, fantasy and
contemporary themes to create a thrilling story readers are sure to
enjoy.

Blurb: Since a child, drama teacher Norma Feinstein has been infatuated with
the 1940s after seeing a musical film made during that era. Her life
begins to fall apart when at twenty-three years old, she discovers she
has the ability to travel back in time. To her shock, Norma learns she
was Kathryn Murrow, the budding Hollywood star of “Sky’s The Limit”, the
film which began her fascination with the past.
Unable to deal with the pressures of living two lives, one in the
present time and one in the 1940’s, Norma seeks help from Dr. Darryl
Costner, an eminent psychiatrist interested in reincarnation. Darryl
becomes worried that Norma will negatively affect the time continuum
when he learns she wants to save her former fiancé Trent Taylor,
crooner, and costar of “Sky’s The Limit,” from a so-called accidental
death.
With this case becoming too complex for him to handle, Costner gets
his friend, Shawn Nolan, a scientist from a governmental agency that has
discovered how to time travel, to help him with Norma. Assisted by Gary
Hertzman, Costner’s young associate, Shawn takes Norma to his secret
lab in Arizona where he searches to find a way to prevent Norma from
saving her former lover from sixty-six years ago. If he fails in his
task, the very future of the country could be extremely bleak. Will he
succeed? The story’s conclusion will captivate the readers of this
multilevel novel full of suspense, surprises, and twists.

Blurb: When Kristen Mancuso turned twenty-one, she thought she would finally find the freedom she craved. She was wrong.
In spite of the luxury she lived in, Kristen was unhappy, a prisoner
in her own home. When her overprotective mother hired Alec Warner to be
her personal bodyguard, Kristen rebelled against it, unaware of the
true reason why he was needed. She didn't know the kind of danger
lurking just around the corner.
Having Alec shadow her every move was the last thing she wanted. Or, so she thought...
Kristen was drawn to the handsome, intimidating Alec. While
committed to his job, he refused to allow her to control him the way she
did other men. Though their relationship was volatile and explosive
from the start, they discovered they had more in common than they ever
dreamed. They battled each other while they fought demons from their
past and secrets which could tear them apart.
This was a battle where losing could very well give them everything their souls desired...
*Content Warning: intended for mature audiences 18+

Blurb: The Captain and the Queen is a celebration of all that is New Orleans.
This is not just a sweet romance, but a glimpse into the very heart of
the Crescent City and gives you a chance to experience the inner
workings of Mardi Gras. Baxter Edwards, the captain of a Mardi Gras
Carnival krewe struggling in changing economic times, selects a
celebrity, Lyle Alexander, to serve as its monarch. Baxter is convinced
his choice will infuse the club with much needed vitality. But when he
chooses his best friend’s college-age daughter, Claire Boudreaux, to
serve as queen, Baxter is surprised when he and Claire develop feelings
for one another. Their love for New Orleans unites them but their age
difference threatens to keep them apart as the disapproval of family and
friends presents obstacles for the cross-generational relationship.
Should Baxter leave Claire alone to graduate and begin her career
without the pressure of dating a man in a different phase of life? Come
to the Big Easy and let the good times roll.

Blurb: It could not be worse for ninth grader Becky Michigan on her first day
at a new school, sitting in beet juice and staining her white jeans in a
classroom about to fill up with students. In the nick of time, a
gorgeous blonde boy named Danny comes in and offers his oversized
baseball jersey so she can cover up, get to the office, and change. By
the time she pulls the shirt over her head however, he has mysteriously
disappeared.
Becky scours the school in search of her dream-athlete and wonders
why after contact with him, she has magically gained the ability to throw
a fastball ninety miles per hour! Instead of finding the answer,
however, Becky’s new skill pits her against the school bully and the
entire varsity baseball team. That night, after her exciting showdown in
front of the entire school, Danny shows up at her bedroom window. If
she will agree to meet him behind the school at midnight on the ball
field at the edge of the woods, he promises to reveal a secret meant to
alter the past and change her life forever.

Blurb: Luke Jacob was a typical teenager, who enjoyed all the amenities of
being the star quarterback on his high school football team and the
local hero. Living in the small town of Boulder City Nevada, life was
predictable and comfortable. With graduation soon approaching, his life
was on a carefully planned road.
Until he spots a mysterious and beautiful girl in the crowd at one of his games—Mary.
Their lives intertwine and a bond of inseparable love is
forged. Discovering a life changing secret that is revealed to them by
their parents. It is then, that everything Luke thought about his
family, friends and neighbors is shattered. Unearthing a truth that is
older than time and greater than anything he could ever imagine.

Blurb: Charlie Murphy and Lillie Whitman are surrounded by the innocence of
young love, and the guileless early twentieth century. They fall deeper
into each other, intertwining their very different worlds to create a
bond that no one can break.
Or so they thought.
When the dawn of World War I comes to their Long Island town, and
personal tragedies begin to spiral the lovers into an abyss of darkness,
they must fight to hold onto their love. Knowing their bond will be
the only ties that will get them through. From the horrors of Germany's
front lines to the emotional battle fields fought at home, Charlie and
Lillie must find a way to stay strong, and navigate a path, back into
each other’s arms. And how a garden, a very special garden, can
withstand the coldest of winters and give the ultimate symbol of hope.

Blurb: Teenager Noah Winston watched a boy die and crumble to dust in the
street. That was his introduction to a bizarre mystery spanning from the
early settlement of the Las Vegas valley to the present day. Uncovering
the truth drove him deep into history and legend as he attempted to
untangle fact from fiction and found himself falling in love with 19th
Century Emma Samson along the way. Only during the brief window of dusk
every night can her family enter the modern-day world of Las Vegas. Noah
eventually discovers the full extent of the mystery surrounding the
time stranded community, as well as a shocking destiny spanning over a
century.

Blurb: Jesse Marshall and her friends just wanted a weekend getaway. After four
years of college, cramming sessions, late night book vigils and the
epiphany of finally knowing what you want to do with your life—or not,
they needed a few days to let go and relax. Forty-five minutes away from
their home town of Las Vegas, Primm Nevada, was close enough for their
limited schedule and a few days of celebration.
But their carefree weekend quickly crumbles after they witness a
young woman standing in the middle of a casino, screaming and bloodied.
After security takes her away, the friends begin to unravel a mystery
that none of them were prepared for and a horror that would change
everything.

*2015 RONE (Reward of Novel Excellence) Honorable Mention: "shines light on a little-known part of history and invites the reader to experience it first-hand."

*TheHistorical Novel Society: "Covella's extensive research into the culture and society of the Spanish-settled New World is worked seamlessly into a very human story."

It's
1775 in Mexico, New Spain, and 15-year-old Fernanda Marquina, of
Spanish and Pima Indian ancestry, can't seem to live up to her mother's
expectations or fit into the limited female roles of her culture. To
escape, Fernanda grabs any opportunity to ride the horses she loves. At a
greater cost than she could ever have imagined, her dream of adventure
in faraway lands is realized. With her family, Fernanda joins Juan
Bautista de Anza's historic colonization expedition to California. On
the arduous four-month journey, Fernanda makes friends with Feliciana,
the young widow Fernanda can entrust with her deepest thoughts; Gloria,
who becomes the sister Fernanda always wished for; and Gloria's handsome
brother Miguel, gentle one moment, angry the next and, like Fernanda, a
mestizo--half Indian and half Spanish. As Fernanda penetrates Miguel's
layers of hidden feelings, she's torn between him and Nicolas, the
Spanish soldier hoping to win her heart. But propelling Fernanda along
the journey is her search for Mama's Pima Indian past, a past Mama
refused to talk about, a past with secrets that Fernanda is determined
to learn. The truths she discovers will change the way she sees her
ancestry, her family, and herself.

Blurb: 12-year-old Pepper Connelly leaves her best friend, Chrissie, behind when
her family moves from New York City to Santa Cruz, CA. Pepper discovers
a boy, Corey, hiding in her backyard shed. Unknown to Pepper, Corey is a
ghost trying to contact his grandfather, Boppie, before he crosses
over. He tells Pepper he must locate Boppie before Social Services finds
him. Pepper agrees to help.
While Pepper’s communication with Chrissie dwindles, her friendship
with Corey grows. She tells Corey about her passion for writing songs,
and throughout the story, she composes a song about Corey. Corey teaches
Pepper to play the harmonica. Soon, she’s torn between finding Boppie
and knowing when she does, Corey will certainly go back on the road with
his traveling-musician grandfather.
Other characters help her on her quest: new classmate Ally Cressman,
who dresses in an odd-ball, non-mall style; Sawtooth Sam, the
mysterious saw-playing street musician; and Madame Mchumba, who performs
her psychic readings at the Boardwalk amusement park. Earthquakes,
haunted house rides, poltergeists, and crystal ball readings propel
Pepper toward the end of her search as she learns about the give and
take, the heartache and joy, of true friendship.

Blurb: Book Two in the Ghost Whisperer Series: In The Ghosts of Pebble Brook Lodge, the sequel to the award-winning The
Castle Blues Quake, Ghost Whisperer Pepper Connelly, now thirteen, is
on the move again, this time from the beaches of Santa Cruz to the rainy
forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Her chef parents have taken Pepper
and her little sister Sage on another restaurant venture to renovate the
long-uninhabited Pebble Brook Lodge in the small town of Brookdale.
Uninhabited that is except for a series of ghosts, each with his or her
own haunting agenda, as Pepper slowly discovers. One of the unique
features of the lodge is a creek running through the large dining room.
Pepper learns that in 1966 a thirteen-year-old girl, Karen, drowned in
the creek. Her ten-year-old brother, Willie Hullett, was accused of
killing her. Willie, now middle-aged, lives with his mother in a cabin
in the woods. Mrs. Hullett has never forgiven Willie for killing her
beloved daughter. As Pepper secretly becomes acquainted with Willie and
sees his gentle nature and his beautiful life-like carvings, she's
convinced he did not kill his sister. With the help of her friend Ally
Cressman, Pepper sets out to prove Willie's innocence. With Ouija board
sessions, hauntings by four different ghosts, and time travel to 1939
and 1966, Pepper discovers there's more to Karen's death than she--or
anyone in Brookdale--would have ever guessed.

Blurb: Alexandra “Alex” Galloway had lifelong ambitions of acting on Broadway,
television, or in movies. Despite versatility in a wide range of
regional dialects, stunt work, singing, ballroom dancing, archery, and
field, street, and ice hockey, she has thus far been limited to an
endless string of film extra and uncredited roles.
Alex’s small part in an underdog women’s hockey team film catches
the eye of a visitor to the Vancouver set while in town for a game –
Troy Talmadge, star and team captain of the American Hockey Conference’s
Pittsburgh Rebels.
Dazzled by her on-ice flair, Troy appoints himself as Alex’s mentor.
He urges his agent to take her on as a client and signed to a Women’s
Hockey League contract, but the agent has something far better in mind:
having her drafted as the AHC’s first woman player, specifically to the
Rebels.
Will Alex survive the pressures that accompany her newly-found
professional hockey career…or does it slowly freeze much as her previous
stint as an actress?

Blurb: Foreword by Sirman Celayir, Belinda's fatherThe years 2004 to
2006 marked an especially difficult cycle in Belinda’s life. It began
with her divorce from her good-for-naught husband of several years, who
had recently quit work under some pretense, whom she caught stealing
money from her purse to buy drugs. As I was told, Belinda was arrested
for borrowing a car from a family friend, which car was then stolen from
Belinda by a supposed friend, for which she became liable and taken to
jail.While in jail, Belinda's mom, with whom she had been
living, died unexpectedly of cancer, upon which her (Belinda's) son was
taken away from her home and given to her ex-mother-in-law in West
Virginia. After also losing her job as "vet tech," the family home her
mother had purchased, for which Belinda had been paying the mortgage,
was declared delinquent and was put on sale by the bank.While
trying to make sense of these sudden and cataclysmic turn of events in
jail, Belinda the free spirit felt like an animal in a cage. The poetry
she composed during this very difficult time in her life reflects her
shock and despair at her situation, her desperate way of maintaining
some composure and passing time.The cycle began to wane when I
picked her up from jail upon her release on Aug. 9, 2006 and moved her
to a new condo I had just purchased for Belinda in Fernandina, Florida,
where our Anne (my mother, her grandmother) was waiting for her with
open arms, who had raised Belinda as much as Belinda's mother when
Belinda was a child. This was eight years ago . . . Anne, who lived
to age 97, passed away two months ago (on Sep. 9, 2014). Belinda has
been employed since her arrival, presently living with a roommate in
another apartment in this same complex, driving her own car, and is in
the process of stabilizing while also having fun. She is in touch with
her son (Jeremy), who is now a young adult employed in West Virginia
near his other grandmother.

Blurb: Photographer, animal lover, and unfortunately for the summer, the new
girl in town, Cora Nash considers herself a simple girl. Renovating and
living at her grandmother's house seemed like a good idea, until events
took a turn for the bizarre. Garbage cans viciously torn into, howls
from the woods, wild animals behaving erratically, and an ominous
warning from the good looking bad boy, "Stay out of the forest."This
seemingly normal town hides a mysterious and violent secret. When one
of the townsfolk up and disappears in the forest, leaving nothing but a
pair of shoes, Cora is the only person willing to investigate. The
answer, however, is nothing she could have ever anticipated, when under a
full moon she finds herself face to face with a... werewolf.If werewolves don't exist, where did it come from? And... more importantly, who could it be?

Blurb: Alex and Charlie were brothers born of blood and violence during the
battle of Fallujah. Then they came home and became cops. Charlie
couldn’t let go the adrenaline rush of the battlefield and it showed on
the street. Always looking for a fight, he went dark, crossing the line
one too many times until he went so far even Alex couldn’t bring him
back.
That’s what Alex thought anyway until a terse message leads him into a
gunfight and a recording Charlie left him in case the worst happened.
Turns out Charlie hadn't gone dark, he'd gone deep undercover and
sacrificed his entire life to do so. The worst has happened, and now
Alex has to save the life of a man he's written off. As much as he
doesn't want to admit it, the sad truth is brothers are brothers. Alex
will run the gauntlet through anything and anyone to save the life of
his brother. Then he’ll kill him himself.
Brother's Keeper details to what length a man will go to save the
life of a friend. This fast paced crime thriller also illustrates the
dark often hidden reality that is human trafficking.

Blurb: What happens when a clandestine group of politicians and intelligence
operatives run prototype weapons through Lieutenant Peter Bank’s
jurisdiction? Nothing, they’re clandestine, no one knows they exist or
what they do... Right?
Correct, right up until one of their prototype weapons turns up at a
drug bust, along with a congressman’s son who likes to moonlight as
criminal elite.
The paperwork on the arrest is not finished before an army of
politicos and local executive pressure comes down on Banks and his
narcotics unit like a thousand year flood. Everyone wants to make the
arrest of a prominent politician’s offspring go away, even Bank’s own
Chief of Police. Normally that wouldn’t be a problem. Most cops follow
orders from the chief, most cops have a stake in their careers.
Peter Banks has been burned before by political fixers who seemed to
think the various strata of society are not all created, or treated
equally under the law. Banks also has a team behind him that would
follow him to hell and back if it meant getting the job done.
From an exclusive island off the coast of South Carolina, the
mountains in the upstate, to the gutters of Charleston, SC Banks and his
team will charge through mercenaries, assassins, and their own
hierarchy to see justice done; and they will do it at terrible cost.
Spoilers details what happens when a determined police unit puts
service and doing the right thing above themselves. It is a fast paced,
intricate, and explosive read that leaves the audience exhausted and
begging for more after the last page is turned.

Blurb: On the eve of Good Friday and Easter Sunday, an unsuspecting bookstore
owner, in a resort town, Daniel Johnson, finds himself entranced with
the new woman in town. Five years a widower, Johnson is ripe for a new
relationship—something real and tangible, with intimacy. Unfortunately,
the arrival of the enchanting, mystery woman also brings problems with
his reality. Johnson finds himself waking up in alternating worlds: the
first world involves his newfound love interest and a happy life with
his youngest daughter; in the second world he struggles with his
bookstore and his relationship with his daughter, who believes he is
becoming senile, or mentally ill. Johnson searches for the answers to
the dream/wake realities, while trying to find a way to remain in the
happy world with his brand-new, budding relationship. But, is he insane,
or is there a greater, paranormal force guiding the action?

Blurb: Leon has decided it is better to remain silent and accused of Alicia’s
murder than admit the truth. The truth, well… that’s so unbelievable,
it’s crazy. Not that Detective Dorndorf believes a word that comes out
of Leon’s mouth. Dorndorf just wants a confession and figures dragging
Leon to the last spot Alicia was seen might just pry it out of him. Will
the detective’s plan work or will the truth come out?

Blurb: Soon to be the feature film FORESEEN
www.foreseenmovie.comGOLD MEDAL WINNER - FICTION
2013 ILLUMINATION BOOK AWARDS
"THE LIE by Ashley Fontainne is a thought-provoking novel that takes
readers into the darkness, yet shares a deep, unforgettable
story....the premise is excellent and definitely one that will attract
readers looking for intrigue. I enjoyed the fact that the author writes
from a Christian world view and is obviously familiar with and
respectful of Christianity...All in all, a solid, original work. I think
Ashley Fontainne is building an excellent career and will find many
devoted fans." - Judge, 22nd Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book
Awards.
"Ashley nails the struggles of good vs. evil, religious, political
and individual flaws and weaknesses/strengths. The use of Scripture is
amazing and her suck-you-in style captivates the reader with her vivid
characters and their motivations." - Janelle Taylor, NY Times
bestselling author of Necessary Evil
"Any...reader interested in intrigue, mystery, supernatural
thrillers and a thread of spirituality linking all elements will find
this an engrossing saga with unexpected turns and a very unpredictable
conclusion." - D. Donovan, eBook reviewer, MidWest Book Reviews
Karmen Moncrille's name has been known throughout the world since
the age of sixteen when her first book shot to the top of the
bestseller's list. Now everything she writes is an instant hit, and her
legions of devoted fans eagerly await her next release.
The mysterious Karmen always blamed debilitating panic attacks as
the reason she avoided publicity and has become a recluse. Which is
exactly what she wants the world to think. Only Karmen knows the truth
behind her introverted nature. Terrified of being asked where her ideas
come from, she fears being branded a raving lunatic.
Now just a week before her twenty-third birthday, Karmen’s world
implodes. The madness that haunts her dreams spills over to her reality
and she questions her sanity. Suddenly everything has changed and now
the world will transform with her. Her last book will unleash the truth
and alter mankind—forever.
Is Karmen's ability to write a gift or a curse? She's about to find
out if her entire life is a lie. And why she was destined to write it.

Blurb: “Empty Shell is about what happens when one woman gives up, one man
gives in, and another steps in to manipulate lives and hearts. It's
about what's left when the love runs out, when death changes everything,
and when a woman who leaves faith behind finds lives ruined because of
her choices and reactions.” - D. Donovan, eBook Reviewer, Midwest Book
Reviews

A pair of pink, silk underwear…

The quiet world of Melody and Jack Dickinson is about to be turned
upside down. Twenty years of marriage hangs in the balance when Melody
finds out about Jack’s infidelity. The betrayal is made worse when
Melody discovers his lover is Serena Rowland, a young woman who works at
Melody’s law firm.

A receipt from an overpriced hotel…

Harsh words are exchanged before Melody storms off to work,
determined to have Serena fired. But when Melody hears Serena was
murdered over the weekend, everything changes. Serena’s body is found
beaten and strangled with a pair of pink, silk panties, in the same
hotel that Jack had admitted staying at over the weekend. Within seconds
of hearing the news, Melody’s life spins out of control when Jack calls
in a panic. The police are at their home to arrest him for Serena’s
murder.

Pictures of a young woman’s scantily clad torso on a cell phone…

Was she married to a monster? One who beat and strangled the young
woman to death, or was Jack set up? Did Melody’s own dark secret, hidden
inside her heart for years, have something to do with the nightmare
they suddenly find themselves in?

Melody and Jack are about to discover that one fateful mistake will destroy many.

Blurb: My name is Sheryl Ilene Newcomb. And yes, my initials are S.I.N. A funny
little piece of whimsical humor my parents found amusing when I
arrived.

Then, it turned out to be true. Looking back with wiser eyes now, my
family and I concluded that the events leading up to my transformation
started the summer I turned nine. But the day we realized there was a
problem, and no turning back, was a week before I started my senior year
at Junction City High. The day the fangs and claws appeared and the
monster inside of me emerged.

When mutilated corpses appeared near a pile of brush down by Caney
Creek, everything changed. Because evil woke up and growled, its ominous
rumblings heard by every living thing in Locasia County, Mississippi.

Blurb: I am no longer among the living. At least, I don’t think I am. I don’t
remember my name, my age, or even my sex. I don’t feel. I can’t smell. I
hear, but sounds don’t register emotional responses anymore. I see, but
it’s all in muted gray. No vibrant colors.
No sense of time, space, awareness. I just…float. Like a weightless
cloud drifting through the limitless universe. I don’t know where I am
or how I arrived at this point. Ebony nothingness has swallowed me
whole.
Can you help me? Will you help me? I need to know. Want to know. Have to know.
Who am I?
Where am I?
How do I escape this black void?
Help.
Please, help me.

JudgeMerry watches, her presence cloaked by the shroud of nightfall.
Nothing moves except her eyes which focus on her target. No remorse. No
regret. No second guessing the decision to end the lives of the monsters
who turned her into a killer.
JuryThe peddlers of death from potent chemicals are found guilty.
Punishment for their crimes--death. Appeals denied. Sentencing to
commence immediately. The leeches who sucked out the life of addicts
with each snort, shot, swallow, and injection will now pay the ultimate
price.
ExecutionerThe idyllic world of Merry Marie Hall, once the loving wife of
Harold and mother to their only child, Joshua, is over. Extinguished
when Joshua overdosed and Harold died of a heart attack at the funeral.
Now Merry hunts down the guilty parties, and one by one, carries out her
internal court's orders.
Court is now in session.

Blurb: Jo is a 50-something Louisiana blues power vocalist and
multi-instrumentalist working nights and weekends on her career
comeback. What she does not need is a decades-younger redhead vegan
amateur rubbing up against her, splashing her with pool water, feeding
her black bean burgers and in general distracting her day and night.
Nita is a middle aged vegan secretary who just joined the church
band to sing. She never expected to fall into a red hot romance with an
omnivore star of the blues scene or land the adventure of a lifetime.
Unfortunately, adventure earned its name for a reason.
Will Jo and Nita survive church, family and mutual comebacks or will they be singin' Blues in the Night?

Lesbian military romance. Colonel Marty is
back and under the gun. The church elder from Blues in the Night returns
to rescue bullet-riddled lovers from the frontlines in the Korean War
and back home in Louisiana. Can the retired Army nurse make it through
the fire to her wedding day?

Blurb: Sheriff Evan Stovall and Officer Josh Constance have had some pretty
strange cases fall into their laps. Angels and spirits have a way of
finding them. So when they receive a call to verify that a ghost is in
residence, they take it as a pretty routine research opportunity.
Meanwhile, in Tremor, the afterlife goes on as usual until a little girl missing part of her soul shows up.
And a drowned man discovers that Hell might have been better than what he got in the end.
It all started with a ghost hunt. Then the hunt got wilder--and more terrifying--than anyone could possibly imagine.

Blurb: More than mosquitoes are eating the good folks of Springfield, Tennessee.
Joshua Constance, a detective for Nashville Metro PD gets asked to
help Evan Stovall, a sheriff of a small town called Springfield, catch a
killer that’s eating its prey. It’s a case where the dead are piling up
and the killer can’t be caught. For Evan and Josh, with the help of
Josh’s dead partner, Bruce Miller, and a sometimes angel named Brad, the
chase is on and there’s Hell to pay.

Blurb: What would you do if you were about to die and weren’t good enough for
Heaven or bad enough for Hell? What if you were given three choices and
only had a few days to decide what your future would be? What would you
do?

Blurb: Detective Josh Constance was sure it was just a case of a runaway teen
when he agreed to look into the case. What he finds scares him to his
soul and sends him and his partner, Evan Stovall, on a race to find
something not quite human before it finds them. Death is on the move and
Josh is on its to do list.

Blurb: When his partner is discovered in a frozen alley with eight bullets in
his chest, Niagara Falls Police Detective Roger Frey swears vengeance.
But Detective Chief Woodward has forbidden him or anyone else on the
detective squad to work the case. Emlyn Goode knows Roger will disobey
his boss, which will cost him his job and his freedom. Because she cares
for him more than she’ll admit, she needs to stop him. Desperate, she
can think of but one way.
Emlyn recently learned she’s a direct descendant of a woman hanged
as a witch in 1692. She has a book filled with arcane recipes and chants
passed down through her family. Possessed of, or perhaps by a vivid
imagination, she intends to use these to solve Jimmy’s murder before
Roger takes revenge on the killer. But she’s new to this “witch thing,”
and needs help from her friend Rebecca Nurse, whose ancestor also took a
short drop from a Salem tree. Rebecca’s not much better at deciphering
the ancient directions, and while the women stumble over spell after
spell, the number of possible killers grows. When Chief Woodward’s wife is
shot and a bottle bomb bursts through Emlyn’s window, it becomes clear
she’s next on the killer’s list.

Blurb: The carefree stroll in the woods managed to trap them in timelessness.
The four students along with their teachers would have to deal with an
absurd fate. The red scorpions, the large eagles, the nasty bats, and
the bloody creatures were determined to haunt them forever. The moment
they came across the craziest adventure of their lives, they would have
to struggle to survive.
***
Green Lake was a beautiful place any time of year, a beautiful place
where ten people disappeared every century at the end of a muddy rope.
On the verge of graduation, Nick and Leona knew nothing of this. It
wasn't until the nightmare came for them that the curse became real, and
their futures changed far beyond what they could ever have dreamed.
***
The black angels have come, destroying the world to remake it in
their own image. Some humans will survive, even overcome. As their world
burns, they will rise from the ashes.

Blurb: Ted's at a dead-end job with a boss who only stops by "to check the
books." He lives in a studio apartment whose sole decor is an old futon.
His little brother is a delinquent in training who, for some reason,
his mother thinks he can fix. Then, to top it off, the girl he's been in
love with for a over a year friend-zoned him to infinity and is about
to marry a muscled out physical trainer. Life couldn't get any worse,
right?
And then she came stumbling in...
Nadia is a puzzling case to most. She graduated with a Masters in
Business Management, landed a dream job after graduate school, was
promoted twice within three years, and then she quit.
Who could be more screwed up?
Ted's not sure, but when these two screw-ups come together, can they turn each other in the right direction?

Blurb: Tommy was new to Baltimore and looking for something to entertain him on
a weekend. He never expected to fall for the lonely girl in the movie
theater. And he definitely never thought he would be inviting her to his
house for Thanksgiving. However, Tommy soon realizes that this girl is
not the expected.
Amelia likes her life. She has a house, a dog and two jobs that
bring in a nice income. So, when Tommy forces his way into her life,
Amelia pushes back only to realize that something’s been missing all
along. Can she make room for him in her “perfect” world or will she
scare him away like all the others?

Blurb: Daniella’s sitting alone in a Korean restaurant after being stood up
twice in two weeks. She’s irritated, confused, angry and cold because as
a California girl she still hasn’t adjusted to the Michigan cold. She’s
surrounded by snow, but is dreaming of warm weather and her family when
someone places a warm bowl of soup in front of her…

Blurb: The past changed the future
… the future must salvage the past.
DJ, Matt, and Elisa are mostly normal teens. They have their
friends, and their squabbles, and their dreams of the future. Yet, they
are also very special teens, brought into this world to fulfill a
prophecy made by an ancestor 200 years in their past. One of them dies,
one receives incredible powers, and one discovers a place no one
suspected she would have.
It was meant to be nothing more than a fun and adventurous spring
break from the Beaufort School of Visionary Studies for triplets DJ,
Matt, and Elisa. Little did they know that the prophecy made about them
was about to catch up. When they are warned that Rogues have targeted
them and their family, they go into hiding to protect everyone. But the
Rogues have other plans. Can they make the right choices even though
they know others will be hurt by their decisions? Even when one of those
decisions means certain death?

An insidious Evil uses greed and corruption to undermine the Earth’s defenses against an alien attack.

THE TURRET chronicles one man’s lifelong struggle against this Evil.

Live the unwavering loyalty, devastating betrayals, uncompromising
honor, eternal romance, and unspeakable monstrosities in this
interplanetary adventure of a lifetime!

The Best Laid Plans

In two weeks, when the Fleet arrived at Earth, the man known to a
quarter of the galaxy simply as “The Admiral” would officially retire.
What Admiral MacAlister faced was no where near his plans: Fierce
battles in space; Tragic losses of dear friends; Bloody combat with
strange aliens; Daring rescues; Failed revenge; Assassination attempts;
And, a little romance.
Angus MacAlister finds himself the default leader of what is left of
mankind. His actions and reactions to all of this, and the foundations
he has placed, fuels the birth of something much larger, and much more
important, among the few million surviving humans.

Blurb: A disillusioned, war-weary hero becomes a reluctant king. His rule is such that he becomes known as the Good King.
While defending his people from one of the incessant attacks from
the North, the Good King takes an orphaned child as his page, and raises
the boy by the ideals of a more promising time.
Grown into a young knight, the Page sets out to find his overdue
king. Along his way he finds a village controlled by a tyrannical
sheriff. The secret behind the sheriff’s power is unleashed when the Page
tries to free the village.
Dragons.
As the knight fights off the dragons, one captures a maiden as revenge. Page pursues, and thus begins our tale.
Heroes grown old try to pass on the Way of a more civilized time. Have they taught the young ones enough?

Blurb: After a wild storm forces her to take shelter in a small town inn, Dana
Nelson thinks that all she has to worry about is a brief stay before she
heads back to the city. She gets far more than she bargained for…
The last thing she expects is to run into an old flame, and even
worse, the man who broke her heart twelve years ago. She’s sure that the
only thing remaining between them is a strong attraction for another.
She can’t be more wrong…
The more time she spends with Vince Reynolds, the more she begins to
believe she can trust him again. But, can she put her faith in the one
man who captivates her, body and soul, or are some wounds too deep to
heal?

Genre: Contemporary romance

Format: ebook

# of copies: 1

87. package bundle of the Magick Series (books 1 and 2: Magick & Moonlight and A Little Magick) by Marie Lavender

Blurb:

Magick & Moonlight

Messing with free will is always a bad idea…
Ethan Hamilton moves to a lazy little town in Oregon, hoping to
escape his demons. But, instead he discovers a woman dancing nude in
the moonlight. This woman who claims she is a witch dazzles him with
her sensual presence. He thinks she’s crazy, but what if she’s not?
Jessie Anderson has been taught that her kind hides who they really
are. And she has a problem on her hands. Someone knows her secret and
she has to do all she can to protect herself. What other choice does
she have? Jessie casts a love spell on a good man, a man with whom she
can’t fight her attraction. The spell doesn’t work quite as planned –
she ends up falling for Ethan.
To top it off, Ethan’s treatment of her, his “love”, is so
addictive. Deep down, she knows the spell will wear off, and yet his
feelings seem genuine. It’s just a spell…right?

A Little Magick

Little Rosie goes to stay with her uncle. There she meets some new
friends…and some enemies. She doesn’t know that her emotions will
trigger something unusual. So far from home, suddenly Rosie has become a
full witch like her mother. For a time, it is great fun to use her
powers the way she wants, but can Rosie figure out how to use these
newfound powers for good or will she be lost to the dark side forever?

Genre: Romantic fantasy and children's fantasy

Format: ebook

# of copies: 1 bundle of 2 books

88. package bundle of the Heiresses in Love Series (books 1 and 2: Upon Your Return and Upon Your Honor) by Marie Lavender

Blurb:

Upon Your Return

Fara Bellamont has been back in society for a year after leaving Cluny
Abbey, where her uncle sent her long ago. When he chooses a suitor for
her for marriage, she fears that she will be forced to marry a stranger
and live a miserable life.
But, Fara finds herself thrust into an adventure of a lifetime when
unforeseen circumstances cause her to place her trust in a strange man
for protection. His intervention not only saves her, but puts her in an
even more compromising position.
Grant Hill, a trading captain, is enchanted by the young heiress not
only because of her beauty, but because she is hardly conventional.
Underneath her ladylike exterior lies a tigress. Grant cannot help but
offer his protection as she is in need and he is far from immune from
her charms.
Fara just never bargained on the passion that she feels for Grant
Hill. As events unfold, she must decide whether her desires and the
dictates of her heart should trump the rules of society...

Upon Your Honor

Deception is a dangerous path…
New York City, August, 1891 – Orphaned after the death of her
father, Chloe Waverly stows away on La Voyageur to escape the clutches
of her cruel fiancé, Lamonte Beckett. Gabriel Hill, a strange and
compelling gentleman, comes upon Chloe and promises to protect her
without knowing the true circumstances of why she is running away.
During their journey, Gabriel doesn’t bargain on being distracted by her
fair beauty or succumbing to her many charms. As their attraction to
each other grows, so does the danger and Gabriel suspects things are not
as they should be.
Both are determined to get to New Orleans, where she can start a new
life. But, once they reach their destination, events spin out of their
control and Chloe is captured by the fiancé she escaped. Gabriel is left
wondering if he can overlook her betrayal. Soon he finds himself in a
race against time, to reach her before Beckett can exact revenge.

Carmen Martinez has been running from her terrible past her whole life.
Everything turns upside down when she is discovered by a persistent cop
and old friend. Can her friend and new lover bring her back to the
present or will she retreat and keep running from her fears?
What complicates things more is that an old enemy is tracking her.
Can she escape from his clutches in time or will her past finally come
back to haunt her?

Pursuit

Susannah Peters unwittingly stumbles upon a serial killer's revenge when
she gets involved with a cop. There are further complications because
not only has she dealt with a similar situation before, she has visions
about the serial killer. This fact draws her further into that dark
world. Will she find a way out or will she have to allow herself to
trust a man, despite her hang-ups from the past?

Ransom

Triana Richards finds a prospect in the form of her captor when she is
kidnapped from her home. For reasons she cannot imagine, she becomes
very attached to a man who calls himself Damien. As events unfold, she
must ask herself if her feelings are real or if she is a victim of
Stockholm Syndrome.

But, her captor has his own reasons for holding her for ransom. Can
he do the right thing and let her go or will he keep her, as he is also a
slave to his own desires?

Leather and Lace

When Detective Dreyling sees Evangeline Lewis standing over a dead body,
his whole life changes. Determined to not only find out what she knows
about the crime but also to make her his, he will go to any lengths,
even bribe her boss, to have more time with her.
Angie fights the overwhelming desire she feels for Patrick, but
there are some things in this world you can’t fight. There are rare
kinds of attraction. No matter how much she tries to keep her heart from
him, she can’t help the feelings that strike her.
What makes it all harder is the secret she keeps from him, the
reason she has put herself in some pretty bad situations. Can she come
clean with him in time or will the lie destroy any chance they have at
happiness?

Blurb: Everything Princess Ciara knew about dragons she’d learned at her
father’s knee – and he HATED them! But when she is kidnapped and forced
to spend time with Fergus, a very purple dragon, she doesn’t know what
to believe.
As she deals with magical creatures, impossible riddles, a most
unusual tournament, and daring escapes, Ciara finds she must decide for
herself just how evil – or good – dragons really are.
Lasker is a wandering storyteller who travels from place to place to
tell his tales for the price of a tankard of ale, a warm hearth, and a
crust of bread. With him as his companion is a young widow who writes
down stories for posterity.

King Radine of Taburon has delayed finding a wife and queen for ten
years, content with ruling his planet by himself and enjoying the charms
of women. But his mother’s constant nagging and parade of eligible
women sends him to Earth in a pique, determined to find someone to
satisfy both the needs of his planet and his own.
McKenna Primm has just quit her job after being sexually harassed by
her boss one too many times. When her car dies on the road, she is
rescued by a tall alien who is perhaps the most handsome man she has
ever seen.
Determined to find a woman who wants him for himself and not his
crown, keeping his true identity a secret, and believing he has found
the perfect mate, Radine asks her to come back to Taburon with him as
his bride. Little does she know how much her life will change if she
accepts his offer.

Sky Clad Jaima

Lord Jaima. Second in Command of the King’s Army, Commander of the
King’s Guard. Darling of the lists, the best swordsman on all of
Taburon. Best friend and protector of King Radine, Queen McKenna and the
royal family. He never believed his love for and vow to protect his
king would ever have to be fulfilled until a diplomatic visit to Earth
nearly costs him his life.
Now he lies, unconscious and helpless, recovering from his injuries,
hidden from the humans that would see him – and all Taburons – dead or
imprisoned to be subjected to scientific experimentation.
He is cared for by a beautiful human woman who could come to mean
more to him than he’d ever thought. But he must decide for himself how
much he is willing to sacrifice to give a future with her a chance.
All the while, danger lurks in the shadows….watching….planning….waiting.

Blurb: Darkness Never Dies ... Ravencrest Manor has always been part of the family. The ancestral
home of the Mannings, Ravencrest’s walls have been witness to
generations of unimaginable scandal, horror, and depravity. Imported
stone by stone from England to northern California in the early 1800s,
the manor now houses widower Eric Manning, his children, and his staff.
Ravencrest stands alone, holding its memories and ghosts close to its
dark heart, casting long, black shadows across its grand lawns, through
the surrounding forests, and over the picturesque town of Devilswood,
below.
Dare to Cross the Threshold ... Ravencrest Manor is the most beautiful thing new governess, Belinda
Moorland, has ever seen, but as she learns more about its tangled past
of romance and terror, she realizes that beauty has a dark side.
Ravencrest is built on secrets, and its inhabitants seem to be keeping
plenty of their own - from the handsome English butler, Grant Phister,
to the power-mad administrator, Mrs. Heller, to Eric Manning himself,
who watches her with dark, fathomless eyes. But Belinda soon realizes
that the living who dwell in Ravencrest have nothing on the other
inhabitants - the ones who walk the darkened halls by night … the ones
who enter her dreams … the ones who are watching … and waiting …
Welcome to Ravencrest ... Who is the man digging in the garden beyond Belinda’s bedroom
window? Who - or what - is watching her from the vents? From ghostly
screams and the clutching bony fingers of death in the indoor pool, to
the trio of gliding nuns in the east wing who come at Belinda with black
blazing eyes, to the beckoning little girl in the red dress who died
more than two centuries ago, Belinda is thrust into a world of waking
nightmares where there is no distinction between the living and the
dead, and there are no limits to the horrors that await. Witchcraft is
afoot at Ravencrest and as unspeakable terrors begin to unfold, Belinda
realizes that her beautiful new home is a keeper of tragedy, a collector
of souls. And it wants to add her to its collection …

Blurb: On their annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas, Nevada, to stay with family, on
the Fourth of July, an unsuspecting family is hit by lightning. In the
aftermath, Jess the father of the family, finds that he can see future
tragedy in the eyes of others. The gift, or curse, causes much anxiety,
and at the suggestion of his seven-year-old girl, Jade, he goes to the
Stratosphere in search of a two-dollar blackjack table, where Jade
promises he’ll get lucky. What he finds is a lucky table, not only in
terms of money, but also love. Jess meets a woman he’s destined to meet,
who coincidentally, is also gifted with the ability to see others’
misfortunate futures. Unbeknownst to them, so can Jade, but she sees
only good in people. Together their gifts are full of electric memories.

Blurb: Long before there were texts, instant messaging, and endless social
networks, we had phones and snail mail. And if we wanted a date, we
actually had to talk to the other person first. This would often delay
the inevitable, as we first had to gather our nerves in order to ask out
the intended person. This was the case for young JR, who was looking
forward to his long awaited Halloween date with the girl of his dreams.
When he finally got up the nerve to ask Destiny out, she said yes. All
he had to do was cut a few lawns to make a buck or two, and then take
his younger siblings trick-or-treating. After that, he was free to enjoy
his date, and join his friends at a legendary Halloween party. What
could go wrong?
The thrills start early that Halloween day, when JR decides to get
an application for a job and a burrito at the same time. The workers at
the fast food restaurant had different plans, however, and leave JR
reeling, and wondering what happened. As he makes his way through the
day, he is met with a host of obstacles and evil beings trying to
eliminate him and his family. These implausible, chilling antics last
throughout Halloween day and into the night. How will JR respond? Can he
save himself? Can he save his family? And what about Destiny, can he
salvage his date? Read Destiny’s Lot: A Halloween Love Story and find
out.

Blurb: It's 1894 on New York's Lower East Side. Irish cop Tom McGlory and
Italian immigrant Vita Caputo fall in love despite their different
upbringings. Vita goes from sweatshop laborer to respected bank clerk to
reformer, helping elect a mayor to beat the Tammany machine. While Tom
works undercover to help Ted Roosevelt purge police corruption, Vita's
father arranges a marriage between her and a man she despises. When
Tom’s cousin is murdered, Vita’s father and brother languish in jail,
charged with the crime. Can Vita and Tom’s love survive poverty, hatred,
and corruption?

Blurb: Obsessed with ex-girlfriend, Alyssa Tyler, convinced they’re destined
for each other, Clay Lynch stalks, pesters and torments her… he creeps
up to her bedroom window, he follows her onto planes, he wrecks her
wedding by abducting her. His arrest and prison sentence assure her he’s
finally out of her life… until his remains are found in the desert and
she receives a haunting text message. Is he now stalking her from beyond
the grave?

Blurb: Their empires have fallen, but their mythology lives on…
Zanya Coreandero is a seventeen-year-old orphan with only a single
friend and no hope for a normal life. Diagnosed with anxiety and night
terrors, no one believes her cuts and bruises are a result of an evil
entity, and not a brutal case of self-harm.
With the only home she’s ever known being the isolated
institution—where breakfast is a handful of medications, the psychiatry
sessions are mandatory, and her every move is watched—the only relief is
her red-haired roommate named Tara, who’s more like a little sister
than her best friend.
Free will is strong, but destiny is stronger…
When Zanya is kidnapped, she meets a group of gifted Mayan
descendants, each with a unique ability. Gone from a nameless castaway
to the only hope of mankind, Zanya is forced to make a grueling
decision: bond with an enchanted stone and save humanity from rising
underworld forces, or watch helplessly as Earth falls victim to a
familiar dark deity from her dreams. This time, he’s playing for keeps.
A wicked secret hides behind a handsome face…
When Arwan, a dark-eyed timebender, takes interest in Zanya's
mission, it's unclear if his intention is to help, or if he's on a
hell-bent mission for revenge. Wary of falling for another guy with
major secrets and a tainted past, Zanya fights to keep her distance. If
only her heart gave her a choice.

Blurb: The last person disgraced reporter Faye Lewis
wants back in her life is Detective Rob Halliday, the man she blames
for ruining her career and breaking her heart. But when she finds an old
friend murdered, he's the one she calls.

For the past year, Rob
and his team have been hunting the Harvester, a serial killer who
ritualistically murders new mothers and vanishes with their infants.
What Rob doesn't need is another case, especially one involving his
ex-fiancée.Then Faye is assaulted, and Rob realizes the cases are
connected. She may hold the answers he needs to find the elusive
killer. But the more they investigate, the more complex the situation
becomes. Can they set the past aside and work together, or will the
Harvester and his followers reap another prize?

Blurb: A long soaking rain renews life to the farmlands of Kyle, the son of a
widower farmer, but it also uncovers a 300 year old cursed medallion
from an earlier age. With the power to create and control an undead
army, the medallion is but one of a trio of artifacts created by a dark
wizard bent on absolute subjugation of mankind. Can Kyle and his small
group of companions break the curse and keep the medallion from its
destiny before more innocents end up dead or worse... undead?

Blurb: Calling Jackie Turov psychic makes her cringe. But Jackie’s no normal
seventeen-year-old. She picks up emotions from people and objects like a
freak. The emotions make her sick, and the guilt she feels for lying to
her church when she was twelve causes her to deny her psychic
abilities.
So Jackie goes goth to make others stay away from her and forget her
past. But her past is soon resurrected when her jealous friend Trish
invites a demon, a persecutor of healers, to steal away Jason’s love for
Jackie. The demon causes Jackie to be bullied for the lie she told and
puts her best friend, Jason, in danger.
Jackie must learn how to use her gift to protect Jason and herself
and to heal the negative energies of those around her. To do so means
she must overcome her guilt and accept who she is before the demon
claims her soul.

Natalie Star is a modern woman, with modern sensibilities. Practical
and realistic, she finds herself falling for a man named Thomas
Andrews. Thomas is a perfect gentleman, but his love for her seems to be
old, solid, staid-- the kind that grows after years of love and life
together. He speaks in riddles when she asks why he seems to know her so
well--they were together in a time she can't remember yet.

Thomas longs to tell Natalie everything he knows about her, about
them. But it's time that is the problem yet. There is a tragedy that
they must endure before she can fully accept who they are, and why they
are destined to be together. A tragedy that Thomas has been through
once, and will go through again to find the piece of his heart that has
been missing all these many years.

Blurb: Sarah Finny is an artist who prides
herself on being a free spirit. Her job sends her to Gettysburg, where
she discovers a powerful connection to the legendary battlefield. While
exploring the historical landmark, Sarah comes upon park guide, Bruce
Wilks who has injured his leg. After offering to help him, Sarah
develops an unexpected attraction toward Bruce, which threatens her
heart as well as her cherished nomadic way of life. A powerful and
mysterious entity brings them together, hoping to enlist Sarah and Bruce
in finding his own long-lost love and, thereby, freeing lost souls.Book one in The Family Tree Series.

Blurb: Emerson’s
Attic is a time travel mystery series for middle-grade readers. The first book in the series, The Blue Velvet, introduces 14-year-old,
Emerson Amelia McBride as a normal American teenager. While cleaning the attic as punishment, she
is swept back in time to Victorian England.
Emerson’s grandfather guides her, through her dreams, to solve a family
mystery. The intrigue of the inhabitants
of an English manor house force Emerson to think on her feet without the
modern conveniences she’s used to.
History, geography, and even love make Emerson question which life she
prefers.

Blurb: Walking
home from school 14-year-old Emerson McBride thought it was just another
beautiful fall day, little did she know how wrong she was. There’s a secret in
the attic of the old Victorian house where she lives and her best friend Sarah
has gone up to the attic to look for a Halloween costume. Will the same thing happen to Sarah that
happened to Emerson the last time she was in the attic? Will Emerson get home in time to save her
friend?

Lost
memories return and unanswered questions draw them unwillingly into a
50-year-old mystery.

Windward Secrets is a fast paced mystery laced with
humor, suspense, and a touch of the supernatural that will make the reader gasp
at times and soften their hearts at other times. Readers will recognize
someone they know in every character and heighten their awareness of a heinous
international crime.

When Claire McPherson booked Windward Cottage for
the annual reunion with three college friends her biggest concern was whether
they would like the weather-beaten, old Victorian on Cape Cod. Little did she know that would be the least
of her worries.

Claire, Jill, Caroline, and Diane are in for more
than a little R and R. Windward Cottage
has its own special powers of seduction.
After 35 years of friendship they thought they knew everything about
each other, but the old house draws confessions out of each of them revealing
secrets they never knew, and guides them unwillingly into a 50-year-old
mystery.

What was planned to be a vacation filled with fun,
food, and lots of reminiscing turns into one that will change their lives
forever. Who or what is trying to
frighten them? What is it about this
house that won’t let them go? The four women reluctantly take on a mission
that leads them beyond their wildest expectations. Only one woman’s stubborn
determination keeps them at Windward Cottage when common sense tells them to
leave. Fear, danger, and
unexplained events connect the four women to each other and to Windward
Cottage. Where do they go from
here? Can their friendships survive this
vacation? Three of them find their
futures, and one finds her past.

Librarian Sophia
Marcil loves reading, especially books about ancient curses and reincarnation.
But she never imagined the legend of the Purple Delhi Sapphire was true until
she inherited it and was wrenched back in time. Now having suffered deadly
consequences, she knows and fears the sapphire’s irresistible charm, but before
she can warn her boyfriend, he proposes with a ring made from the very jewel.
No sooner is it on her finger, then she once again finds herself in the body of
another, wandering the hallway of an old Victorian mansion circa 1920.
Unfortunately, her nemesis has reincarnated too. Doomed to repeat past
mistakes, Sophia struggles to prevent the deaths of those she loves, returning
to her present-day life, with a deep understanding that her killer is not far
behind.

Blurb: Hannah, Bride of Iowa is book twenty-nine in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series.

Samuel Morrison, a farmer from Iowa, is in need of a wife and a
mother for Lizzie, his three-year old daughter. He reads an article
from Massachusetts advertising mail order brides. He writes to the
agency stating he’s looking for a partner who will work by his side and,
hopefully, come to care for him and be a loving mother to Lizzie.
Hannah Brown responds to his letter. Though she doesn’t say too
much about herself, Samuel decides to take a chance and asks her to come
to Iowa.
This woman is everything he wants in a wife and more -- or so he
thinks. Hannah has a secret that, if revealed, could devastate their
future.
If Hannah tells Samuel, will he send her away? She could lose all
she’s come to cherish. Is Hannah willing to take that chance?

Once again, I’d like to thank all of our talented
authors for their generous donations! It’s always a pleasure working with you. :)

Readers, don’t forget to provide your contact info
as well as your reading preferences, in the comments below to compete for
prizes! It’s a pleasure having you here on the blog! The giveaway runs for a
week and after January 22nd, it closes, so there will be no more
entries after that. Once the week is over, votes will be tallied and winners
will be contacted! Yay!

Comments

Thank you for the opportunity to enter your contest. I like the following genres: Thrillers but no horror, crime mystery, fantasy, inspirational, scfi, time travel, historical, humor, some romance but not erotic. My email address is nomoretash@hotmail.com .

Thank you for the opportunity to enter your contest. I like the following genres: Thrillers but no autobiographical, biographical, historical fiction, historical, crime mystery, fantasy, inspirational, scfi, humor. My email address is valnehls@gmail.com

This is a really fun and exciting giveaway! 100 books = 1000s of fascinating characters and worlds beyond my doorstep. I love romance and mystery novels of all kinds but enjoy trying new genres. I'm old fashioned and prefer print copies. Thanks!jeanna_massman@hotmail.com

I am an avid reader and I love all sorts of genres except for anything with eroticism or foul language in it. I prefer printed format. Thanks so much for the giveaway! I can be reached at somesmartcookle@aol.com.

Com'on Marie you should know by now. I'm a highly ranked Book Reviewer on Amazon with 235 books reviewed from a vast variety of genres, and that I ONLY review books I'm interested in reading and those I win in GIVEAWAYS like yours, which is the selection process I use in deciding what books I'm going to review. So bring those books on GIRL, bring them on.

Thanks for this amazing giveaway. I like thrillers, mysteries, romantic suspense, and time travel, western, regency, and modern romances (no erotic).My email is rosearbor15@gmail.com. Thank you for a chance to win.

I don't usually enter giveaways, but decided to give it a go.I like romance, all kinds, fantasy, ScI fi and paranormal.My email is; c.whitty@sky.com .Thank you and all the authors for the swag for the giveaway.

WOW! Great giveaway. Thanks for the chance to enter. I like most any genre, though horror is one I usually pass by. If I had to be specific I'd say, romance of any kind and I also like historical fiction. My email is mommab@ptd.net

Thanks for the chance at such amazing giveaways. My favorite is romance any kind. I do read a little of everything and I like to try new books and authors no matter what genre they might be you never know what you might find and enjoy. crysyoung42 at gmail dot com

Thank you for the chance!! I love to read many different genres including some nonfiction inspirational bboos, self-help, historical romance, westerns, romantic suspense, psychological thrillers, etc. The only books I tend to not like are science fiction and any form of erotic book. bledsoe.kathleen@gmail.com

I love to ready many different genres including historical romance, westerns, science fiction, fantasy, shifter, contemporary romance, young adult, menage. Not a big fan of horror and thrillers but do like mystery and some detective stories. email is annalow@rogers.com

Very cool contest! I am pretty much exclusively a reader of horror fiction and would love the opportunity to read all of The Ghosts of Ravencrest prior to the release of the next book in the series. Thank you. jsinclair513@gmail.com

This is quite a contest! I don't know if it'll hurt my chances of winning or not, but my favorite thing to read is a paperback! I like romance, inspirational, cozy mysteries, and mysteries. I do not like horror, science fiction, menage, erotic, or different sexual orientations. I like a nice love story or a nice mystery. That's as specific as I can get and I'd be thrilled to win something!! Thanks so much for this chance!!

Awesome contest and thank you for the chance, I am generally open to most genres but my main focus is paranormal romance, romance, thrillers, adult romance, romantic suspense,erotic, crime fiction, true crime. juneisreal63@gmail.com

I love books especially a free one thats awesome! i read mostly horror fiction,mystery/suspense yes but neverrrr ROMANCE:) lol- documentary and biography materials can be interesting though to be sure i will buy a good horror and mystery read!. The authors i usually gravitate to are not putting much out lately i would love to try some new authors i've not read before!

Thank you for this most excellent giveaway. My email is svannort@live.com. I prefer historical romance but am open to all the romance genre's. I do not like any story with extreme violence in it. Things like rape or severe beating just aren't to my liking. Have a great day!

We have winners! I will be contacting the authors this weekend, so you should have some of your books by next week. Keep an eye out for an email from me, in case I have questions about mailing addresses.

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